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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD POETASTER

From Medieval Latin.
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PRONUNCIATION OF POETASTER

poetaster  [ˌpəʊɪˈtæstə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF POETASTER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Poetaster is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES POETASTER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Poetaster

Poetaster, like rhymester or versifier, is a contemptuous name often applied to bad or inferior poets. Specifically, poetaster has implications of unwarranted pretentions to artistic value. The word was coined in Latin by Erasmus in 1521. It was first used in English by Ben Jonson in his 1600 play Cynthia's Revels; immediately afterwards Jonson chose it as the title of his 1601 play The Poetaster. In that play the "poetaster" character is a satire on John Marston, one of Jonson's rivals in the Poetomachia or War of the Theatres.

Definition of poetaster in the English dictionary

The definition of poetaster in the dictionary is a writer of inferior verse.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH POETASTER


Antofagasta
ˌæntəfəˈɡæstə
aster
ˈæstə
Astor
ˈæstə
basta
ˈbæstə
cadastre
kəˈdæstə
canasta
kəˈnæstə
catasta
kəˈtæstə
cotoneaster
kəˌtəʊnɪˈæstə
cremaster
krɪˈmæstə
cytaster
saɪˈtæstə
diaster
daɪˈæstə
Jocasta
dʒəʊˈkæstə
pasta
ˈpæstə
piaster
pɪˈæstə
piastre
pɪˈæstə
pilaster
pɪˈlæstə
pinaster
paɪˈnæstə
Rasta
ˈræstə
raster
ˈræstə
Zoroaster
ˌzɒrəʊˈæstə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE POETASTER

poet
poet laureate
poetastery
poetastry
poetess
poetic
Poetic Edda
poetic justice
poetic licence
poetical
poetically
poeticalness
poeticise
poeticism
poeticize
poetics
poeticule
poetise
poetiser
poetize

WORDS THAT END LIKE POETASTER

blaster
broadcaster
caster
coaster
disaster
Doncaster
Easter
faster
forecaster
Lancaster
laster
manchester
master
natural disaster
plaster
roller coaster
roller-coaster
spymaster
the master
toaster
webmaster

Synonyms and antonyms of poetaster in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «poetaster» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF POETASTER

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The translations of poetaster from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «poetaster» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

poetaster
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

poetastro
570 millions of speakers

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poetaster
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

poetaster
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

poetaster
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

poetaster
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

poetastro
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বাজে কবি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

rimailleur
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Penyair
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

poetaster
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

poetaster
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

poetaster
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Poetaster
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thi si xoàng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இழிபொருள் கவிஞன்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कवीता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

şair bozuntusu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

poetastro
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

poetaster
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

poetaster
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

poetaster
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

poetaster
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

prul digter
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

poetaster
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

poetaster
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of poetaster

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «POETASTER»

The term «poetaster» is normally little used and occupies the 125.842 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «POETASTER» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about poetaster

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POETASTER»

Discover the use of poetaster in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to poetaster and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Poetaster!
Poetaster isn't a bunch of fancy poems. Poetaster is an open letter, in poetic form, to the cold, cold and clammy heart of meaning.
Leopold McGinnis, 2008
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Every Man Out of His Humour, Cynthia's Revels and The ...
Dramatist, poet, scholar and writer of court masques, Ben Jonson was the leading literary figure during the reign of King James I. Jonson was known as an avid scholar of Latin and Greek, and his mastery of the classics, the high-spirited ...
Ben Jonson, 2011
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I, Poetaster
I, Poetaster Throughout the mess of muddled murkiness; Of questionable, predictive, clichéd verse There rests sometimes a message, with finesse; Veiled, though with humour interspersed: A kind that pleases seemingly myself For never has my ...
Nathan De Menezes, 2012
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Jonson, Horace and the Classical Tradition
chapter 4 Poetaster: classical translation and cultural authority in previous chapters we have seen how Jonson employed allusion to appropriate a range of classical genres, including odes, epigrams, epistles and verse satires. in each case, ...
Victoria Moul, 2010
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The Poetaster the Poetaster
Ovid. I like not this sudden and general heaviness amongst our godheads; 'tis somewhat ominous. Apollo, command us louder music, and let Mercury and Momus contend to please and revive our senses.
Ben Jonson, 2010
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Poetaster: Just Poems If Songs a Cappella
For endangered pika inching above threatened clouds are weary of burrowing cicadas waking foes while calling pals. Dale Benjamin Drakeford, "Poetaster."
Dale Benjamin Drakeford, 2007
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Renaissance Dramatic Culture
Poetaster,. the. Author,. and. the. Perils. of. Cultural. Production. ALAN SINFIELD WHEN i WAS invited to a conference called "Material London c. 1600" (at the Folger Shakespeare library in 1995), it appeared to promise an opportunity for ...
Mary Beth Rose, 1998
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The Apocryphal William Shakespeare: Book One of A 'Third ...
BEN JONSON'S LAST sally in the Poets' War was his 1601 play Poetaster, a biting satire about the contemporary literary scene. He coined the word 'poetaster ' to mean an inferior poet who pretends to greatness. Jonson cast his fellows as ...
Sabrina Feldman, 2011
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Rhymes by a Poetaster...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
BiblioBazaar, 2012
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Shakespeare Only
Perhaps in response to Satiro-Mastix, the Apology to Poetaster places the author in a study outside the theater and outside the action of the play; but Poetaster itself opens with a scene of an author in his study, and in this case the enraptured  ...
Jeffrey Knapp, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «POETASTER»

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Spanish Night at the San Francisco Symphony
When Gonzalve shows up, he turns out to be far more of a poetaster than a lover; and Concepcion's frustration at Gonzalve's wimpy poeticizing ... «Berkeley Daily Planet, Jun 15»
2
So You've Been Publicly Shamed and Is Shame Necessary? review …
... by a signer for the deaf, put up for the night at the squalid home of an amateur poetaster who insists on regaling Armitage with selections from ... «The Guardian, Mar 15»
3
The Young Ones: “Bomb”
Rick's poetry—which is usually so playfully, almost inspirationally insipid—doesn't pack as much a poetaster punch: “Pollution, all around ... «A.V. Club Austin, Aug 14»
4
Boyle column: The Great Poet Laureate Poetry Bash of 2014
Alex Oljer went high-brow on me, sending in a quite serious and well-crafted poem called “Poetaster,” which referenced some of the state's ... «Asheville Citizen-Times, Jul 14»
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Fourth of July: Almost two hundred years ago, Thoreau moved into …
... a Farmer – a Painter, I mean a House Painter, a Carpenter, a Mason, a Day-laborer, a Pencil-Maker, a Writer, and sometimes a Poetaster.”. «Christian Science Monitor, Jul 14»
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Poet laureate John Masefield's unseen tributes to George VI revealed
Newly discovered 3rd rate poems from 2nd rate poet and previous holder of the office of Poetaster-in-Chief / Rhyming Arselicker in Residence ... «The Guardian, Jul 14»
7
Richard Godwin: Help to Work is slavery by another name
Which poetaster came up with that? Which ignoramus signed it off? I bet they were impressed that it rhymed — but say it aloud. I guarantee you ... «Evening Standard, Apr 14»
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Purgatorio, Canto XXIV
... Latini) but it's Laetare Sunday and there is a Universal Poetaster's Indult to all Catholics who can think of a word that rhymes with “Laetare”. «The American Conservative, Mar 14»
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Don't Let Harlan Ellison Hear This
By the time he got describing me as a “manque, a poetaster, a no-price for whom the internet is a last chance slave market where, for free, ... «The Smart Set, Jan 14»
10
Here comes a regular: Christmas in Soho
Any poetaster with a taste for the maudlin will tell you that the moon looks brighter from the gutter. The same can be said of Christmas lights ... «New Statesman, Dec 13»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Poetaster [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/poetaster>. May 2024 ».
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